ἐλαττονέω

English (LSJ)

   A receive less, LXX Ex.16.18; but, give less, ib.30.15.    2 waste, be consumed, ib.3 Ki.17.16; to be missing, defective, PMagd.26.12 (iii A.D.).    3 Med., lack, want, ib.11.22.

German (Pape)

[Seite 790] weniger haben, bekommen, LXX.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐλαττονέω: λαμβάνω ὀλιγώτερον, Ἑβδ. (Ἔξ. Ιϛ΄, 18). ΙΙ. ἐν τῷ παθ., ἐπὶ γῆς, καθίσταμαι ἧττον γόνιμος, Ἀριστ. π. Φυτ. 2. 3. 13.

English (Strong)

from ἐλάσσων; to diminish, i.e. fall short: have lack.

English (Thayer)

(Buttmann, 7), ἐλαττόνω: 1st aorist ἠλαττόνησα; (ἔλαττον); not found in secular authors (yet see Aristotle, de plant. 2,3, p. 825a, 23); to be less, inferior (in possessions): to make less, diminish: 2 Maccabees 13:19, etc.)